Don't know if anyone else saw this one, but growing up I used to think the P-Wing from Mario 3 was a gloved hand pointing.
This was definitely a thing for me. Had no idea why I glove would make me fly infinitely but I didn't care.
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Sprites that look like things they're not supposed to
- Thread starter MrBadger
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This was definitely a thing for me. Had no idea why I glove would make me fly infinitely but I didn't care.
SigmasonicX
Member
Even if he looks dog-ish, why would he actually be a dog? There are no anthropomorphic animals in FF6...that I remember anyway.
True, but it's still the first thing I think of whenever I see a screenshot with that sprite in it.
bigfunkychiken
Member
For a while I thought the eyes were the red part, not the white on the side. The OG sprite didn't help, IMO.
...it's like he's no longer badass :/
Septimus Prime
Member
In the game, it actually also bobs up and down, which makes it even more confusing.
I've always thought of it as a tower, but when you actually enter it as a dungeon, it doesn't have many floors, so I always thought you just stuck around the ground level, with the top being decorative.
I could not see the arm and eye on this bullet bill from Super Mario Bros. I had no idea bullet bill even had an arm or eye until years later when it was made clear in subsequent games. I just thought those light parts were because it was shiny and gleaming in the sunlight.
i thought both white spots were eyes when i was a kid. it wasn't until later in games with higher detail that i could see the real form.
Shadow Hog
Member
One I saw somebody else suggest several years ago, and which I couldn't unsee after being told about it:
The Abominable Snowman
Member
I could not see the arm and eye on this bullet bill from Super Mario Bros. I had no idea bullet bill even had an arm or eye until years later when it was made clear in subsequent games. I just thought those light parts were because it was shiny and gleaming in the sunlight.
Up until a few years ago, I thought Bullet Bill was just really, really angry and had a heinous killer grin on his face.
Wyndstryker
Member
My mind is blown at that Black Omen stuff.
I thought it was some tower thingy the whole time. But the ship design isn't too shabby either.
I thought it was some tower thingy the whole time. But the ship design isn't too shabby either.
My...world..is.
One I saw somebody else suggest several years ago, and which I couldn't unsee after being told about it:
Those lions are clearly smoking from a bong.
Jaffaboy
Member
Apparently people thought this was a dude with a gigantic hat but I never saw it that way.
Meanwhile it took me years to notice that the player sprite and Oak had mouths...
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No.
No.
Nooooooo!
Thanks for the necro. :')
I'll add one more: downed X in Mega Man X5 intro stage:
Might be just me, but I can't figure out what the part indicated by the arrow is. Is it :
- X's right foot, him being in a weird open leg position
- X's right knee destroyed and separated from his leg
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Its pieces of his broken armor. He's crouched on one knee but the sprite just looks cluttered and whatnot
Shadow Hog
Member
A hat? That's not what I'm seeing:Apparently people thought this was a dude with a gigantic hat but I never saw it that way.
Meanwhile it took me years to notice that the player sprite and Oak had mouths...
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Also:
And who knows, there could have been a plot twist that Gestahl is an Esper out for revenge against his race or something.
Muffdraul
Member
I wish there was something like this for Kefka FFVI. I was never able to connect his sprite to the character design artwork.
Not sure if this counts, but…
His quill on the top the head that bizarrely sticks out. (In perspective, it should be obscured, I would of thought)
For the longest time I thought it was suppose to be his ear, some how.
Besides that, his muzzle looked weirdly sharp and elongated.
His quill on the top the head that bizarrely sticks out. (In perspective, it should be obscured, I would of thought)
For the longest time I thought it was suppose to be his ear, some how.
Besides that, his muzzle looked weirdly sharp and elongated.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Always thought that was supposed to be a smiley face, since Super Mario World is full of those.
Nope. It's a foot. It's why one "cheek" is longer than the other.
tintin1029
Member
I think this picture is a better way to illustrate the whole grin in Lone Survivor
In this it looks like a straight up troll face
In this it looks like a straight up troll face
My life is a lie.
Haunted
Member
bah gawd
What he actually looks like:
Well, there are beast-like sentient sprites in the game.
Of course, in hindsight, it doesn't really make sense. But honestly, even armed with the knowledge of what the sprite's actual intention is, it's hard to unsee the dog ambiguity. Poor spritework.
Nocturnowl
Member
Always thought that was supposed to be a smiley face, since Super Mario World is full of those.
Nope. It's a foot. It's why one "cheek" is longer than the other.
I don't want to believe this, I just can't accept it.
Tiu Neo
Member
...I think Mara IS supposed to be what it looks like, hehe.
tirkaroKujo
Member
Always thought that was supposed to be a smiley face, since Super Mario World is full of those.
Nope. It's a foot. It's why one "cheek" is longer than the other.
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Those are some freakish looking feet there.
Haunted
Member
That's absolutely intentional, he's supposed to have a penis-like head. It's a buddhist demon associated with lust, desire and the world of kama, after all.I did a search for Mara. Nobody mentioned Mara? Somebody must have posted the pic without saying the name
Mara is just a nice green fellow in a chariot. Get your mind out of the gutter
kamineko
Does his best thinking in the flying car
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Dammit nintendo, ruining my headcanon.?
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Those are some freakish looking feet there.
Captain Smoker
Member
;______;
Always thought that was supposed to be a smiley face, since Super Mario World is full of those.
Nope. It's a foot. It's why one "cheek" is longer than the other.
Haunted
Member
You just wanted an excuse to post that picture, eh?
... fair enough, I know the feeling.
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Those are some freakish looking feet there.
What Mario game is the second picture from?
Near the end of Earthbound you enter a cave, but it looks like there's a hamster wearing a hat, or a goblin with a goofy grin wresting his chin on his hands waiting for you.
I just played through the game again the other day and noticed this. Why not just leave the whole cave entrance black?
I just played through the game again the other day and noticed this. Why not just leave the whole cave entrance black?
.........
My childhood is turned upside down. I did not ever know this until just now, I always thought it was a glove too, not a wing (which makes more sense since it's called ... p wing)
It's the GBA version of Mario 3. They made a ton of new levels, many of which used stuff from other Mario titles. You had to use e-reader cards to play them.
Correctomundo
Member
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Those are some freakish looking feet there.
Whew, close one. I almost had to burn everything I own and move to a monastery in Tibet.
Cue Ball in Pokémon Red/Blue always seemed a little... Off to me.
Can someone please explain what I'm supposed to see here?
All I see is a dude wearing an athletic cup and it's bothered me since I was a kid.
I did a search for Mara. Nobody mentioned Mara? Somebody must have posted the pic without saying the name
Mara is just a nice green fellow in a chariot. Get your mind out of the gutter
But it is supposed to look like a penis. Mara even means penis in Japanese.
timetokill
Banned
I saw it as a giant floating tower/castle. Looked really fucking ominous that way, too.
The perspective is all fucked up in the image as a whole. I mean, pixel art generally is, but there in particular I just can't really see the "long ship" version.
His name is cue ball. He's wearing a side/corner pocket from a billiards table.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I feel like some investigative video game journalist needs to do a story figuring out what the fuck was going on with those Ring King blowjob sprites.
aspiegamer
Member
I know, right? Such poor technique. But I guess without mocap and hardware limitations we can't expect much.
...Oh.
Legitimately interested to learn about this, as well. Some googling didn't produce much.
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Those are some freakish looking feet there.
Phew, thanks. Crisis averted.
LuFel
Member
The Ak47 in Goldeneye 007 always looked like a pencil. I called it the Pencil Gun as a kid. Now that I'm browsing the Internet, I'm not the only one who thought this.
Not a sprite, but still game related.
i always saw it like that.
Nocturnowl
Member
I know right? I can go to sleep safe in the knowledge that I've always been helped up vertical walls by jolly blocks.
